RARE WESTERN ELECTRIC, BELL SYSTEM PRINTS CIRCA 1925

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THE INTRO: After 18 years with the phone company I changed careers to enter the seminary and I am auctioning off my accumulated stuff, and some stuff for others, to pay bills, educational and otherwise. Since I am selling some things for others I may not be 100% familiar with every item listed so please ask any questions you may have on any of the items Thank you for taking the time to look and, hopefully, to bid. Unless otherwise noted any pictures (and t are plenty to look at) are of the actual items in this auction. One final note before the listing, I do NOT use second chance offer, if the winning bidder does not follow through I will relist the item. THE ITEM: This auction is for 13 various Bell Telephone& Western Electric equipment/wiring prints dating from 1909 to 1926. These are all related to Step by Step offices and the titles on the prints are: ES-30232-01 - Step by step switching systemcoin control, selector circuit connects with toll train switches arranged for coin box service for multi-office areas or single office areas w the tollboard is distant from the machine switching office. 7/20/25 Bell Telephone Laboratories ES-30427-01 - Step by step machine switching system line finder circuit subscribers' line and group circuits using 200 point switches for flat rate, message rate and coin lines. 3/17/26 Bell Telephone Laboratories ES-30228-01 - step by step machine switching system connector circuit. Combination toll and local for full selective office and one ring connectors in semi-selective offices loop dialing toll train. 6/30/26 Bell Telephone Laboratories ES-30202-01 - step by step machine switching system selector circuit toll incoming arranged for coin service "loop dialing" toll train. 8-1-25 Bell Telephone Laboratories ES-30200-01 - Step by step machine switching system selector circuit for use as a local or incoming selector 6-2-25 Bell Telephone Laboratories ES-30243-01 - Step by step machine switching system test connector circuit for use in testing subscriber's lines and line switch equipment and for use in verification service. 7-1-25 Bell Telephone Laboratories ES-30215-01 - step by step machine switching system connector circuit local trunk hunting for use in full selective offices and for one ring parties in semi-selective offices. 6-30-25 Bell Telephone Laboratories T-65405 Wiring of Circuits 30 and 80 line no. 4 lamp P.B.X. SW.BD. 6-17-09 Western Electric Co. Chicago ES-30246-01 Step by step machine switching system toll intermediate selector for use between transmission selector and connector "loop dialing" toll train switch. 6-30-25 Bell Telephone Laboratories T-30240-11 - connector circuit toll trunk hunting for use in full service selector offices and 1 ring connectors in semi-sel. Offices loop dialing toll train with equipment and stock list. Step by step machine SW. System 9-24-25 Western Electric Company T-30246-11 Selector circuit for use between transmission sel. & connector loop dialing toll train switch with equipment and stocklist step by step machine switching system 9-26-25 Western Electric Company T-9207-513 Power ringing circuit step by step machine switching system New York Telephone Co. Utica #6 off. Whitesboro , N.Y. Western Electric Company 7-11-27 Some of these measure about 22 X 32, some are smaller and one is a little over 2' X 4'! Okay, so aside from some historical value, why would you want these?? These would look really good framed and hung on a wall in a den, bar, restaurant or some other such place. Even the T-9207-513 which has some missing pieces would look nice. These have a nice techno/retro sort of look to them so t is another theme you could use. These vintage prints are very hard to find, ... read more

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